Look for my work at the Art Center of Harrisburg from October 23 to November 25. New images on my website www.charlotteshroyer.com : Deux Femmes et un Chien and Serenity. More images to follow.
Check out the Harrisburg site: www.artassocofhbg.com
October 19, 2009
September 20, 2009
"Magic One," A Special Woman Ready to Work her Wonders
It's been such a long time since I have written a blog. Life just gets in the way some times and my blog just has to wait patiently on the sidelines. I have been painting for the past couple months getting ready for the show at the Art Association of Harrisburg on October 23 to November 25. Lots of new work with some old themes and some new ones related to the old ones.
In the meantime, am involved in the Taos Art Organization studio tour featuring new work, old work, and monotypes. One of the monotypes included is "Magic One," 6" X 4," Monotype with oil embellishment, Matted and framed, $110.00.
July 29, 2009
Impressions of California: California Memory
There is still a part of me that misses the California coast. The beauty of the water, the rocks, and the California poppies create a beauty different from that of the New Mexico desert. My years in California have created an artistic sensitivity bubbling up in all my work regardless of whether the piece is figurative, landscape, or abstract. Just like Tony Bennett "I Left my Heart in San Francisco."
July 04, 2009
Impressions of Monet's Garden in Giverny
New beginnings in new places with new subject matter and new techniques to stretch the creative imagination. A visit to Monet's garden in April inspired me to try my hand at my own water lily renditions. I can understand why Monet wanted to do only two things in life: paint and care for his garden. A garden with beautiful flowers feeds the soul--inspiring, peaceful, and creative. I felt such inner joy that I decided to use individual monotypes of waterlily gardens for individual invitations to one of the most joyous events of my life: marriage to my soul mate.
June 19, 2009
Navajo Style Handwoven pillow
Another beautiful handwoven pillow woven in the Navajo tapestry technique. Only $110.00 USD plus $10 shipping and handling.
June 14, 2009
Navajo style woven pillow, Geometry 2
Another pillow in the Geometry 2 series. Same pillow, different colors.
Colors can be customized to fit your decor.
Geometry 2, Handwoven in wool and/or wool/mohair, 20" X 20", button back, $110 USD plus $10 shipping and handling
June 09, 2009
Navajo Style Handwoven Pillow--Geometry 2
Never say never. Never thought I would be weaving pillows for retail again, but......that's the way life goes. When one has a spiritual connection with a culture and its art, magic happens and once again the connection strengthens. So it is with the ways of the Navajo.
I feel that connection when I weave and once again I have been weaving, this time for the Museum gift shops in Santa Fe, especially for the new Historic Museum on the historic Santa Fe Plaza.
Navajo style handwovenpillow with leather side panels. Button back. Wool and/or wool/mohair. 20" X 20"
$110.00 USD plus $10 shipping and handling
March 14, 2009
The Anasazi Thinker: Where to Now? Painting to be seen at Tubac Art Center
The mysteries of the Anasazis have always intrigued me. Why did they leave Chaco Canyon and other religious sites defining their existence? A civilization so far advanced that its inhabitants must have thought there would be no end to their way of life. This painting alludes to the anguish and uncertainty they must have felt as life crumbled away around them. Where could they go? How would they live? History tells us that they took the road to the desert and mesas lying beyond. Soon to become the Pueblo tribes, they found a way to take the important elements of their lives with them: their families and their religion. Life would require some adaptation, but the most important elements were to survive.
Can we learn a lesson from the Anasazis? All does not last forever as we know it, but life goes on.
March 02, 2009
"The Three Soujourners" Looking for Solace in Life, a Monotype
The magic of monotypes has invaded my being. Never knowing quite what the final result will be, I have found a special magic in creating mini monotypes by the reductive process--placing background etching ink on a small acrylic plate, then removing a part of the basic ink. Adding different colors in different shapes becomes part of the intuitive creative process. Only when the paper is carefully removed from the plate after pressure of the rollers does the final image appear. Voila! Much more than I could ever have imagined.
These three soujourners have set off on a spiritual journey, searching for a solace the nature of which they know not only that they will feel an inner peace and serenity to become a part of their lives. Each looks for the peace that will become a part of the individual soul, but which will also enable the three to live in a world devoid of greed.
The Three Sojourners (2009), Monotype, 14" X 12".
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Notes and Quotes
- “Do not go where the path leads, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson
